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variable-rate demand obligation

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variable-rate demand obligation
A floating-rate debt obligation that has a nominal long-term maturity as well as an option allowing the investor to put (sell) the obligation back to the trustee, generally at par plus accrued interest.


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This guidance applies to auction rate securities, as well as variable-rate demand obligation bonds or any other variable-rate debt instruments.
As discussed in 'Rating Guidelines for Variable-Rate Demand Obligations Issued with External Liquidity Support', dated May 29, 2009, a short-term rating based on a bank liquidity facility may not be higher than the short-term rating related to the long-term bond rating of the debt issue, since the likelihood of termination of the liquidity provider's obligation to fund purchase price for tendered bonds increases as the issuer's ability to meet its debt obligations decreases.
Increased cost of liquidity facilities, the scarcity of highly rated liquidity providers and the accelerated amortization of variable-rate demand obligations held as 'Bank Bonds' contributed to the negative pressure on SHFAs (the aforementioned report is available at 'www.
 
 
 
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